Sostanj
Šoštanj is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Šoštanj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Town with 2,900 residents
- Description: city in Slovenia
- Also known as: “Šoštanj” and “Sostanj Mesto”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Šoštanj and Šoštanj Castle.
Šoštanj Power Plant
Power station
The Šoštanj Thermal Power Plant is a big lignite, heating oil and natural gas fueled power station in Šoštanj, Slovenia with plate capacity of 1,029 MWe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lokovica and Ravne.
Lokovica
Village
Lokovica is a settlement in the Municipality of Šoštanj in northern Slovenia. It lies in the hills south of the town of Šoštanj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
Ravne
Village
Ravne is a settlement in the Municipality of Šoštanj in northern Slovenia. It lies in the Mozirje Hills north of the town of Šoštanj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. Ravne is situated 2½ km northeast of Sostanj.
Skorno
Village
Skorno is a settlement in the Municipality of Šmartno ob Paki in northern Slovenia. It lies in the hills above the right bank of the Paka River northwest of Šmartno. Skorno is situated 3 km southwest of Sostanj.
Sostanj
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Municipality of Šoštanj, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.37739° or 46° 22′ 39″ north
Longitude
15.04595° or 15° 2′ 45″ east
Population
2,900
Elevation
361 metres (1,184 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SI STJ
Open location code
8FRQ92GW+X9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Sostanj from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Sostanj” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Šoštanj”
- Albanian: “Šoštanj”
- Amharic: “ሶስታንጅ”
- Arabic: “سوستانج”
- Arabic: “شوشتانج”
- Aragonese: “Šoštanj”
- Asturian: “Šoštanj”
- Azerbaijani: “Sostanj”
- Basque: “Šoštanj”
- Bavarian: “Šoštanj”
- Belarusian: “Шоштань”
- Bengali: “সোস্তানজ”
- Bosnian: “Šoštanj”
- Breton: “Šoštanj”
- Catalan: “Šoštanj”
- Cebuano: “Šoštanj”
- Chechen: “Шоштань”
- Chinese: “紹什塔尼”
- Corsican: “Šoštanj”
- Croatian: “Šoštanj”
- Czech: “Šoštanj”
- Danish: “Šoštanj”
- Dutch: “Šoštanj”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شوشتانج”
- Esperanto: “Šoštanj”
- Estonian: “Šoštanj”
- Finnish: “Šoštanj”
- French: “Sostanj”
- French: “Šoštanj”
- Friulian: “Šoštanj”
- Galician: “Šoštanj”
- German: “Schönstein”
- German: “Sostanj”
- German: “Šoštanj”
- Greek: “Σόσταν”
- Hausa: “Sostanj”
- Hindi: “सोस्तान्ज”
- Hungarian: “Šoštanj”
- Icelandic: “Šoštanj”
- Indonesian: “Sostanj”
- Irish: “Šoštanj”
- Italian: “Šoštanj”
- Japanese: “ソスターニ”
- Javanese: “Sostanj”
- Kazakh: “Состань”
- Kirghiz: “Состань”
- Ligurian: “Šoštanj”
- Limburgan: “Šoštanj”
- Lithuanian: “Šoštanj”
- Lombard: “Šoštanj”
- Low German: “Šoštanj”
- Luxembourgish: “Šoštanj”
- Malay: “Sostanj”
- Neapolitan: “Šoštanj”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Šoštanj”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Šoštanj”
- Oromo: “Sostanj”
- Panjabi: “ਸੋਸ੍ਤਾਂਜ”
- Persian: “سوستانج”
- Persian: “ششتانی”
- Picard: “Šoštanj”
- Piemontese: “Šoštanj”
- Polish: “Šoštanj”
- Portuguese: “Sostanj”
- Portuguese: “Šoštanj”
- Pushto: “سوستانج”
- Romanian: “Šoštanj”
- Romansh: “Šoštanj”
- Russian: “Соста́нь”
- Russian: “Шоштань”
- Sardinian: “Šoštanj”
- Scots: “Šoštanj”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Šoštanj”
- Serbian: “Шоштањ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Šoštanj”
- Sicilian: “Šoštanj”
- Slovak: “Šoštanj”
- Slovenian: “Šoštanj”
- Somali: “Sostanj”
- Spanish: “Sostanj”
- Spanish: “Šoštanj”
- Swahili: “Sostanj”
- Swedish: “Šoštanj”
- Swiss German: “Šoštanj”
- Tajik: “Состань”
- Tatar: “Состань”
- Tatar: “Шоштань”
- Thai: “โชชตัน”
- Turkish: “Sostanj”
- Turkish: “Šoštanj”
- Ukrainian: “Шоштань”
- Urdu: “سوسٹانج”
- Uzbek: “Sostanj”
- Venetian: “Šoštanj”
- Vlaams: “Šoštanj”
- Walloon: “Šoštanj”
- Welsh: “Šoštanj”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Sostanj”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Florjan and Lajše.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include mestni park and Sv. Mohor in Fortunat.
Slovenia: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Ljubljana, Maribor, Koper, and Celje.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.